CVE-2025-57804

h2 allows HTTP Request Smuggling due to illegal characters in headers

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 25, 2025 at 09:04 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorH2

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Severity
MEDIUM6.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

h2 is a pure-Python implementation of a HTTP/2 protocol stack. Prior to version 4.3.0, an HTTP/2 request splitting vulnerability allows attackers to perform request smuggling attacks by injecting CRLF characters into headers. This occurs when servers downgrade HTTP/2 requests to HTTP/1.1 without properly validating header names/values, enabling attackers to manipulate request boundaries and bypass security controls. This issue has been patched in version 4.3.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.3.0
Affected range stops below 4.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.9MEDIUMGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-93

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